Shelley Dee Photography: April 2014

Friday, April 25, 2014

Class of 2015 ~ Senior Rep Program {Now Recruiting!} Marin, Napa, Sonoma County H.S. Senior Photographer...Shelley Hohe

If you are a senior or a parent to a senior, let me share a little bit about my senior rep program.

Every year I recruit new seniors who would like to model and become my senior rep for their

senior class. As a senior rep you receive a complimentary senior photo session, photos for handing out to your classmates, a custom designed Facebook cover page ,Facebook photo album and a discounted photo gallery of all photos in which you can download right to your computer. The best part is you will also have a chance to have your photos published in a top senior magazine publication, just like this senior here!!

As my senior rep all you have to do is handout photos which will have all my information printed on the back and share my Facebook album with all your photos on your Facebook page. It's that easy. So if this is something that you would like to do please contact me for more info. To contact me please like Shelley Dee Photography on Facebook and send me a message on that page.

THANK YOU

All of my senior reps also get a copy of Vogue as a gift!

Lifestyle, Portrait and Wedding Photographer serving Marin, Napa, Sonoma and Beyond!

415.827.9646

To view more photos and stay updated on special offers

Like Shelley Dee Photography on Facebook

Thursday, April 17, 2014

Sam's Senior Session {Senior Rep Program} Marin, Napa, Sonoma County H.S. Senior Photographer...Shelley Hohe

It's been many months that I have been wanting to share these photos on my blog, but I have been waiting for a very special reason. After meeting Sam and taking her senior photos I just new I had to submit her photos to the publication Denim + Grace!

Sam is such a beautiful young woman who is comfortable hiking up to the top of a hill in her jeans and guitar while looking so graceful in her pretty pink jacket and beautiful hair style! I love how this session really captured who she is…she loves Jesus, reading her bible and playing the guitar!

I had such a wonderful time working with Sam, she is filled with so much joy and kindness. She did such a great job with all the posing that she was a natural in front of my camera. I am so thankful that Sam agreed to be my 2014 Senior Rep…because of her natural beauty and hard work the magazine publication Denim + Grace accepted this photo session.

What an honor it was to capture this special and exciting time for Sam with my camera. I hope nothing but the best for her as she graduates from high school and moves forward towards the next season in her life. What ever she does I am know she will do great because she is a bright young woman who has Jesus in her life!!

I would also like to thank everyone who was a part of this session…

Senior Model ~ Sam Sage
Make-up Artist ~ Brittney Lee

Hair Stylist ~ Tammy Neuerburg

Wardrobe ~ Alyssa Nelson
Publication ~ Denim + Grace

One of my favorites!!

What a beautiful young lady!!

and here it is...the magazine!

Petaluma, California :)

So exciting to see my name in this magazine…what an honor!!

Lifestyle, Portrait and Wedding Photographer serving Marin, Napa, Sonoma and Beyond!

415.827.9646

To view more photos and stay updated on special offers

Like Shelley Dee Photography on Facebook

Monday, April 14, 2014

The Importance of Yelp and Creating a Successful Business Page {Social Media} Marin, Napa, Sonoma County Lifestyle & Wedding Photographer...Shelley Hohe

As a photographer sharing your work on social media such as Facebook and Twitter are so important for reaching your community and attracting prospective clients. In the last few years of my business my husband Robert (and business partner) who also owns an auto detailing business had been telling me about Yelp over the last few years. Of course I thought it was all about Facebook and Twitter…he kept telling me that Yelp was the way to go.

After 15 years of owning his business Doctor Detail, in the last 2 years his business has grown exponentially and there are a few reasons behind this. 1. He seeks God first and prays everyday before heading out for work, 2. He serves his clients with excellence which shows in his work, 3. His yelp page is filled with 5 star reviews where clients are sharing their experience of having my husband work on their vehicles.

In the last 2 years he has mainly focused on his yelp page for social media and today he is busier than he has been in the last 15 years due to the fact he gets 90% of his business just from yelp alone. The reason he gets so much business from yelp is because google is the most important search engine and they hold yelp as a relevant source. Almost anything you search for on google, yelp will be there in the top position of google searches. Now to make things even better yahoo and bing are catching on to the importance and relevance of yelp just to keep up with google.

In my husbands opinion he feels that people are busy and might be getting burnt out on having to keep up with so many posts to have to read and follow on Facebook and Twitter. Where on Yelp prospective clients can looks up a business and see exactly what they need to see….your business info, photos, video and REVIEWS!

Now that we shared the importance of yelp, we are going to share how to create a successful yelp page for your business…

1) Make sure to fill out all relevant information about your business.

2) Add as much content as possible by adding photos. (once your yelp page starts to build you can add more such as slide shows and for paid accounts videos)

3)When customers leave a review ask them to add a photo with their review. This is so important as by doing this it gives these reviews more relevance and will less likely to be filtered.

4) Leave response on your customers reviews and thank them for their business. This is the time you can kindly ask them to keep you in mind if they hear of someone with needs for your type of business.

5) Add links or a yelp button to your website and blogs for your viewers to easily find your yelp page.

6) Just keep on adding content, Content, CONTENT!

Here are a few screen shots of my husbands business on yelp.

This first one you can see he shows up #1 in Marin County, San Francisco Bay Area

a screen shot of his actual yelp page…

I would share my yelp page but I just started working on mine. Like any social media

networking it does take time, but in the end I know with yelp there will be much success!

Lifestyle, Portrait and Wedding Photographer serving Marin, Napa, Sonoma and Beyond!

415.827.9646

To view more photos and stay updated on special offers

Like Shelley Dee Photography on Facebook

Saturday, April 12, 2014

Point Reyes Engagement Session {Audrey+Charlie} Marin, Napa, Sonoma County Lifestyle & Wedding Photographer...Shelley Hohe

I met Audrey and Charlie through our church we go to. From the moment I met them when we sat down to discuss their wedding I felt connected to them and just knew we were the right fit to photograph their wedding. My husband (Robert) and I are so excited to be able to capture their wedding story and it all started out with the engagement session.

Audrey mentioned that she wanted their engagement photos to take place at the coast. I was a little worried for a few weeks because it actually rained here in Northern CA which is good because we really need the rain, but it's not good for photography! Finally the rain stopped just in time for us to head out to Point Reyes last weekend. Although it didn't rain, I must say it was VERY WINDY and quite chilly!

With the wind being so extreme, we had to cut our session short. We were hoping for some nice sunset photos at the beach but as you can tell from Audrey's hair, they were happy with what I was able to capture so we could head in from the coast to escape this weather we encountered. The nice thing about this weather is they didn't want to let each other go…it was quite cute to see them hold on to one another to get warm. I am so happy they braved it out as long as they did so I could capture their love for one another with my camera!!!

Stay tuned for their wedding which is exactly 2 weeks away :)